Introduction: Making Movement Meaningful more

This extensive introduction sets the context of the volume as a whole. It reviews approaches to urban space and our evidence - both archaeological and textual - for movement and traffic as both physical behaviours and as they are represented in Roman culture. Following a detailed engagement with the theory and evidence behind the study of ancient movement and space, each of the chapters is discussed.

The introduction is divided into the following sections: recent studies of movement and the Roman city; evidence of movement (archaeology and texts); wheel-ruts; traffic legislation; movement and place - the locus celeberrimus; streets, gates and people: the movement economy of the Porta Capena; between Rome and the RD909; outline of the present volume.

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